Month: September 2012

An experienced hiker spent the night in the wilderness above Palm Desert after phoning police for help Tuesday night. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department says they received a phone call around 7:26 p.m. Tuesday night from 74 year old John Kelley, of Palm Desert, saying he was stranded in the western foothills above Palm Desert.

La decisin del Condado de Riverside de cerrar el albergue temporal en la Desert Mirage High School para los residentes del estacionamiento de casas mviles “Duroville” mejor conocido como Los Duros, se debi a que los desperfectos que existan en el lugar ya fueron reparados y que los exmenes de agua dieron negativo a la

A shelter that houses some Mecca residents displaced by flooding was set to close Wednesday morning. Riverside county said in a statement, “The decision to shut down the facility at Desert Mirage High School in Thermal was made after operators of the Desert Mobile Home Park, commonly called Duroville, repaired the park’s water system and

A woman is in jail suspected of trying to kidnap her 6-year old daughter. She was arrested in a stolen car in Desert Hot Springs. Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies say they received a call just after 5:00 Tuesday evening from a concerned neighbor. The neighbor reported a kidnapping at a home on Dillon Road near

Police nabbed a suspect who reportedly stole a patrol car in Coachella Tuesday morning. According to Riverside County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Cpl. Angel Ramos, just after 9am, a deputy responded to a vehicle burglary in progress call on Julia Way in Coachella. The officer spotted the suspect walking away from the area and attempted to

A power outage in Indio has more than 100 customers in the dark. It started just after 6:00 p.m. Tuesday night in an area bordered by Avenue 50 and Dr. Carreon on the north and south. It’s bordered by Oasis and Calhoun on the east and west. 300 customers lost power at first. As of

The normally calm and quiet Twentynine Palms Cemetery turned upside down this past weekend. “Somebody had gone through and picked up items placed atop the sites by family members that weren’t secured, and just smashed them on the sidewalks,” Stacey Lee, the Twentynine Palms secretary, said. The damage affected about 30 grave sites. “Just broken

A California State University committee has approved a plan to raise tuition by 5 percent if Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax initiative doesn’t pass in November. The finance committee of the CSU Board of Trustees voted Tuesday for the “contingency strategy” to cope with Proposition 30’s potential failure. Meeting in Long Beach, the full board is

Latino Books y Mas is filing a lawsuit against Wessman Development, after getting notice they’re being evicted from the Desert Fashion Plaza, claiming breach of contract, fraud and abuse of process. But, Wessman Development is standing by it’s business plan for demolition. Ramirez says “We filed the lawsuit because we feel this eviction is illegal

A small quake was felt in parts of the Coachella Valley Tuesday afternoon. USGS says at 2:09 p.m. a 3.1 quake centered 4 miles SSW of Idyllwild hit the area. No word on damage at this time.

Hoy a las 9:30 a.m. la polica recibi una llamada que reportaba un robo en una casa ubicada sobre Julia Street en Coachella, inform el vocero del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside. Cuando un agente lleg al lugar, por alguna razn se desat un altercado entre l y el sujeto que despus de

A grand opening was scheduled for Tuesday for a fire station in Mecca. The 12,411-square-foot station at 91-350 66th Ave. replaces the 3,058-square-foot station, built in 1952, at 91-100 Fourth St., according to Supervisor John Benoit’s office. The $5.1 million station, which includes three apparatus bays and an eight-bed dormitory, a kitchen, training and exercise

Jury deliberations got under way today in the trial of the former transportation director for the Coachella Valley Unified School District, who is accused of misappropriating district funds, and his longtime girlfriend, who is charged with grand theft. Raul Portillo Lopez, 56, is accused of misappropriating more than $200,000 in district funds between 2003 and

Have you started humming “let it snow, let it snow, let it snow” yet? If not perhaps you should because it’s time for the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway’s Annual Snow Guessing contest which will begin October 1st and continue until the first measurable inch of snow falls at the Mountain Station, elevation of 8,516 feet.